V P Quinn

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..This study examined how generational status, duration of US residence, and language preference are associated with diabetes prevalence and to what extent these explain the higher prevalence among Latinos...

..The national clinical guideline recommends an intervention for tobacco use known as the 5-As (Ask, Advise, Assess, Assist, and Arrange). Little is known about the model's effectiveness outside the research setting...

..There is little information on the extent of compliance with the guideline's treatment model described by the "5A's" (Ask, Advise, Assess, Assist, Arrange)...

..To investigate temporal trends of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and obesity among hospitalized US children, adolescents, and young adults over the past 2 decades and to examine potential sex disparities in NAFLD hospitalizations...

..16 (0.83-1.63). Neither red wine nor total alcohol consumption were associated with prostate cancer risk in this population of moderate drinkers...

..To examine factors associated with prostate-specific antigen (PSA) testing in the multiethnic California Men's Health Study...

..To address this issue, we evaluated the quality of body weight and height measures for children based on sequential health care encounters...

..To estimate the prevalence of extreme obesity in a large, multiethnic contemporary cohort of children and adolescents...

..Multiple studies have shown that preventing influenza by vaccination reduces the risk of vascular events. However, the effect of pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine on vascular events remains controversial...

..Moderate red wine consumption was not associated with reduced risk of colorectal cancer in this population of middle-aged men...

..We investigated the effect of alcoholic beverage consumption on the risk of lung cancer using the California Men's Health Study...

..Rhinitis is a common health condition, but the extent of the burden in managed care organizations (MCOs) has not been well described...

..Medical costs and health care utilization associated with asthma and the variation by treatment are poorly understood...

..The authors examined factors associated with screening sigmoidoscopy use among participants in the California Men's Health Study (CMHS)...

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..Although evidence-based national guidelines for tobacco-dependence treatment have been available since 1996, translating these guidelines into clinical practice is challenging...

..Our findings suggest that long-term statin use might be associated with a reduced risk of prostate cancer but perhaps only among regular nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug users...

..The purpose of this study was to examine the association between BMI at breast cancer diagnosis and receipt of appropriate primary tumor therapy and adjuvant therapy...

..While many investigators use reliability data only as a metric for data quality, a more thorough approach can also quantitatively depict the uncertainty in the observed associations...

..This paper reports the results of utilizing this novel approach and compares it with a typical decentralized practice-based recruitment strategy...

..Annual surveillance mammography is recommended for follow-up of women with a history of breast cancer. We examined surveillance mammography among breast cancer survivors who were enrolled in integrated healthcare systems...

..It is unclear whether methodological differences in sample size, survey methods, and analysis approach significantly affect the ability to accurately monitor tobacco control activities and to make rate comparisons...

..Our purpose is to estimate the effectiveness of surveillance mammography in a cohort of breast cancer survivors with complete ascertainment of surveillance mammograms and negligible losses to follow-up...

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